He recollects the goals of his friends and how they will go unrealized. He recollects on the marriages, fights, and clan wars. As the world darkens around him he thinks back on his life in the colony. Zeiph, the first one down, is the last to die, alone and in a pool of his own blood. The remaining mechanoids, turn on the colony and begin to burn it to the ground. In a panic, the rest of the colonist make a mad dash for the persona core. He falls to the ground unable to move due to his injuries. The mechanoids turn to him and open fire, tearing through his personal shield. Zeiph leaps into the fray, running towards the ships exposed core. The shell of the ship breaks and falls apart, much like the front line of the colonists. The colonists focus fire on the ship, attempting to breach its hull. Immediately, about a dozen mechanoids spring from the ship and open fire on the colonists. One of the colonists begins the assault, firing at the ship with their assault rifle. This core was the last piece of the puzzle, the last thing that is needed for their functioning ship, and this was the only way to get it. Zeiph will dash through the chaos of the imminent fight, and retrieve from the ship its AI persona core. Once the ship is disturbed, its defenses will kick in by sending out mechanoids to attack all who are nearby. He cannot fight, it is not in his nature, but he has a key role in the rescue of this colony. Among the band is a man named Zeiph who prepares for a grim task. Looming in the clearing, a psychic ship, a mental weapon, emanates whispers and thoughts that infect the minds of men and women.

Their home, overrun with monstrous insects that burrowed in from underground. The haggard group lines up, bracing for the conflict ahead. They reach their destination, an outpost, armed with assault rifles. Tired, hot, and in mental anguish, fifteen colonists sprint through the forest in the dead of night.

Rimworld colonist on fire